
Class. 
Book. 



P"3tg) 



J=ll 



Ns 



JACKSOiWlLLE 



Trade Circular 



AND 



REAL ESTATE ADVERTISER. 



An Unbiased Statement of the Advantages and Disadvantages 
of seeking a New Home in Florida. 



BY J. H. NORTON, 

Real Estate Agent, ^Rtrti st 4, ItiiQiA^s Block , 



JACKSON \aLLE, FLA. 

FLORIIM UNION BOOK AND JOB PRINTING ROOMS. 

1871. 



A ttention Capitalists ! 



Money will bring a higJi rate of in- 
terest in Jachsonville, No better secU' 
rity can be had than Jacksonrille Ileal 
Estate, 

In our rai)idly growing toa'n the 
security which is worth $1000 to-day 
is often irorth $2000 in one gear, 

SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO 
placing Limns for capitalists. Charges 
reasonable. 

Being posted on TITLES and Value 
of Jacksonville Ileal Estate, I can of- 
fer superior advaiitages to those de- 
siring to make profitable inrestnients. 

Correspondence solicited, and best of 
references given , 

J. H. NOllTON, 
Real Estate Agent, 
Room 4 Re Qua- s Blocks 

Jacksonville, Flu, 



JACKSONVILLE 



T 



AND 



REAL ESTATE ADVERTISER. 



An Unbiased Statement of the Advantages and Disadvantages 
of seeking a New Home in Florida. 



BY j! H. NORTON, 

Real Estate Aoent, Room 4, ReQua'b BlO(_;k, 



jacksonvillp:, fla. 

FLORIDA XJjyiON BOOK AND JOB PKINTING KOOMS. 
1871. 



2 JAClvSOXA'ILLE TRADE CIKC^JLAR , ' >, 

RIGHARB ^ GO.^ 

AVUdLKSALK AND R!.TAU. Di:.U.KRS IN 

Groceries and Provisions, 

ALSO, GENERAL COMilTSSION MERCHANTS, 
Ocean Street, Jacks on Adlle, Fla. 

H. C. raCHARD, K. A. FERNANDEZ, GEf). C. WILSOX. 

BAHAMIAN' SHELIL WORKER, 

JACKSONVILLE, FLA. 

All kinds of Artijiclal Floicei's made from tiainral ISea /Shells and 
Silver Wire. This xrork is the most beautiftd, richest and naturol 
of all Artificial Floicers. Although in appearance very delicate^ it 
icill last a ceiiticnj loith ordinary ewe, the material being undecayahle. 
Work shipped to aJlj^rts of th-e United States and Canada by 
Express, C. 0. D. Orders from ahroad solicited and ptromptly at- 
tended to. The finest collection of Shells in. the country. 

Mrs. Jfotfs icork can only be obtained at her residence or by order 
of her. Send for list of p)rices. 



TV ]^J. GM^^OTIIK & CO., 

Cieiieral Apiits of '' &royer & Baker's Sewli MacMiie Compuy " 

FOR THE STATE OF FLORIDA, 

Bay Street, ITea,r tlie Post Office, Jacksonville, Fla, 

A goueral assortment of tlie famous Elastic and Common Lock 
Stitch Machines. Every Machine warranted for tlirec years, and sold 
on easy terms. These 5l;ichines liave all the latest imi^rovements, 
and are superior in m<M-it t<> any otb^r Machine in Use. 

Wm. Grothe. H. Jacivson. 



I'OPULAR AND WVAA, '^NoWN 

RESTADMNT & E&TIN6 HOUSE. 

FINK OVSTKRS AM) GAMiO SKllVED TO ORDER. 

Choice Wines, Ales and LiquoYs at tiie BaiL 
Bay Street, bet. Ocean and Pine Streets. Jacksonville, Florida. 



INTKODUCTION. 

In the following brief clescnjition of our city and State, it has been 
the object of the author to lay before those who are lookinpi; toward 
Florida as their future home, a fair, uneolored statement of the ad- 
vantages and disadvantages of the country. MucJi damage has been 
done us by the "Color de Rose" descriptions of soine writers, while 
those Avho can only see barren sands, mosquitoes, swamps, etc., are 
equally \xnjust. Like every new country, it has its rough and disa- 
greeable features as well as its bright side ; and those who come to 
make homes here among us, must come expecting to meet and over- 
come many obstacles, else tliey will surely meet with bitter disaj)- 
pointment. 

I beg to call attention to the advertisements of various busines> 
iirms and to reconnnend them to consideration of readers. It has 
been my endeavor to select first class houses onh/, and T can confi- 
dently recommend them to the confidence of all. 

J. H. NORTON, 
Purchasing Agent and Real Estate Dealer, 

Room 4 ReQua's Block, Jacksonville, Flu. 



P. GENOVAK, 



DKAI.Ki: IN 



CHOP FAMIll GROCERIES, WHS, Affi 

And laiqiiors^ !Fruit^ &c>^ 

SOUTH SIDE BAY ST., BET. NEWNAN AND MARKET STS., 
JackscJi'i'v^lle, Florida. 



4 JACKSONVILLE TRADE CIRCULAR 

Wm. H. Hubbard & Co., 

DEALERS IN 

FlIRMTUl, CARPETll Al lATTll 

2d and 3d Story of Spencer, Maxwell & Go's Building, 
Bay Street, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Maj. G. W. Freeman, 



AND 



Shop on Forsyth, near Ocean Street, 

Jacksonville, Florida. 



AND REAL ESTATK ADVERTISER, 



HISTORICAL NOTES. 



FROM FLORIDA GAZKTTEER. 

A. D. 1497 — Florida discovered by Sebastian Cabot, an English 

Navigator. 
" 1525 — Florida taken possession of by DeNarvaez in the name 

of Spain. 
" 1564 — Hugenots, under Sardomer, settled at Fort Caroline, 

near the mouth of the St. Johns River. 
" 1565 — The Ilugenot settlers massaci-ed by the Spanish, under 

Menendez — St. Augustine settled, first permanent 

settlement in North America. 
" 1569 — The Spanish garrison at Fort Caroline massacred by the 

French, under DcGourgas, in retaliation. 
" 1689 — Pensacola settled by Spanish. 
" 1763 — Florida ceded by Spain to Great Britain. 
" 1767 — New Smyrna settled by Minorcans, under Dr. John 

Turnbidl. 
" 1784 — P"'lorida ceded by Great Britain to Spain. 
" 1818 — Pensacola captured by U. S. troops under Gen. Jackson. 
" 1819 — Florida purchased by the U. S. Government of Spain. 
" 1821 — Gen. Jackson, Military Governor. 
" 1822 — March 30th, Territorial Government formed. 
" 1845 — March 3d, admitted as a State. 
" 1861— January 10th, Seceded. 
" 1868 — Reconstructed; new Constitution adopted. 

The above is the best answer to the question, "Why is your State 
so thinly settled," that can be given. With no stable government, 
sacked and pillaged by opposing bands of Europeans, changing its 
nationality several times, losing the greater portion of its popula- 
tion at each change — devastated by the most bloody Indian wars, 
from 1816 to 1858 ; in 1861, plunged into a bloody civil war until 
1865, and reconstructed ever since, the wonder is that she has done 
as well as she has, and we point with pride to the fact that notwith- 
standing the disturbed state of political affairs, which folloAVS as a 
natural result of the war, the population of Florida, in three years, 
from 1867, increased in as rapid a ratio as that of any State in the 
Union. 

The following statement will ])rove interesting : Population in 
1850, was 87,445 ; in 1860, 140,123 ; in 1867, it was increased to 153,- 
659, and in 1870, 187,748, showing an increase in three years previous 



.lACJfiSONVII.LE TRADK CIRCLLXK 



METROPOLITAN HOTEL, 

CENTRALLY LOCATED. 

millT OF BIllfK, ENTIRELY NEW. NEWLY FliRMHEl), 



ii iLthii 



V. I;KI IKMNl. -I. H. IdCNi. 

BETTELINI & TOGNI, 

AVIiolcsa'u- junl rjeluil Dealers in 

mmm, choice uquors, 

Imported Wines, rorter, English Ales, &c., 



AND KMAU KSTATE ADVKKTI.SKK. , 

to 1870, of 34,089. This alone speaks volumes in belialf of our pre- 
sent prosperity and is an earnest of what may be expected when our 
great agricultural resources become known abroad. 

To those who desire to learn more particularly in regard to the 
history so briefly glanced at in the foregoing notes, we would recom- 
mend the perusal of "Fairbank's History of P'lorida," wiiich is a 
Avell written and autlientic work of some 350 pages. It is sold for 
$2.50 per copy, in cloth, which strikes us as being rather liigh for it, 
the quality of paper and binding considered, but to those who wish 
to become thorougldy conversant Avith the past history of the coun- 
try, it is invaluable. No other work will give the information therein 
contained. After reading this book, no one Avill ever express sur- 
prise at the fact tiiat Florida is so thinly settled and her vast re- 
sources so little developed. If this work is not on the shelves of 
your book-seller, send |2.50 to the writer, and we Avill forAvard the 
liistory, post paid. We Avish every one might read it. 



SPRINGFIELD SUBURB. 



This is a tract consisting of about 300 acres of high level land, 
just nortli of Jacksonville, and from the river a distance of aboiit 
half a mile. This land has been laid off in blocks and lots, with 
broad streets and avenues running at right angles through it, 418 
feet apart, thus m.aking the blocks to consist of just four acres eacli. 
which can be subdivided to suit purchasers. 

Great actiAdty is noAV manifested in this direction ; some eight c>r 
ten substantial dAvellings, of handsome architectural design, are now 
being erected, Avhile the streets are l)eing opened, graded and im- 
proved as fast as i^ossible by Messrs. Wilmarth and Norton, Trustees. 

This place presents great advantages as a location on Avhich to 
make one's home. The lands are cheap and one can secure ample 
room for garden and ornamental grounds for a small amoiint, Avluch 
in our rapidly groAving place, will soon greatly increase in A'alue. It 
is high and healthful. None but respectable people can ])urchase 
these lots as the Trustees refuse to sell to others. 

No other suburban addition to tlie citv is so centrally located, or 
so contiguous to the business portion of the city. Neither are the 
lands in any other sc^-^'on t---^ elevated, healthful or desirable. Money 
invested in SpringlieM Avill -^"^ sure to make a handsome return in the 
ra})idity of the advance i : p "ee of property in this vicinity. 



JACKSONVILLE TRABE CIKCUi.AR 



i-1 



A. A. KNIGHT, 
attorney at Law, 



No. 2 Iloeg's Block, U[) Stairs, 



.-I^OI^SOWVILLE, I^LOJR.IX>A, 



:t 43^ <$. 



li^: 



im 



Frescoing aaJ Paper Mm done in tlie Miliest style of Art. 



DEALERS IN ALL KINDS (W PAINTERS' MATERIALS. 



Bay Street, JaeksoiLville, Fla. 



AND REAL ESTATE ADVERTISER. 

JACKSONVILLE. 



The following brief sketch of the early times of Jacksonville is 
taken from "The City Directory" of 1870, and will be found inter- 
esting to those who wish to mark the rapid growth and development 
of our flourishing city : 

"The place now known as the city of Jacksonville, is first men- 
tioned hi history as the Cow Ford, or Pass of St, Nicholas, 

"In 1763, the Cow Ford is described as a very handsome bluff, tim- 
bered with live oak, palms and wild oranges, upon which, a few yards 
back from the river, Avas built a small Yamasee Indian village, 

"I. D. Hart, the founder of Jacksonville, moved from King's Fer- 
ry and settled at what w%as then known as the Cow Ford, in 1821, 
being the year of the cession of Florida by the Spanish to the Ameri- 
can Government. He was impressed with the idea that a town would 
eventually be built on this spot, and endeavored to secure the co- 
operation of his neighbors to this end, and finally prevailed on John 
Bellamy to allow 18 acres of his land to be used in connection with 
his (Hart's,) making in all oO acres. 

"This tract of land was laid out as a town in 1822. Commissioners 
were appointed by request of Mr. Hart, consisting of Benj. Chaires, 
Francis J. Ross, John Bellamy, and Stephen Fairbanks. John W. 
Roberts acted as Clerk and D. II. S. Miller, as Surveyor. 

"Mr. Hart built his first house on the spot now occupied as an 
office by his son, O, B, Hart. It Avas built of logs and covered AA'ith 
cypress bark. 

"The first steamboat, "George Wasliington," made its first appear- 
ance on the St. Johns River in 1830. 

"At Panama Mills, a saw mill Avas built about this date, by Chas. 
F. Seibold. The first church, (Baptist) Avas erected about 1889. 
During the rebellion, Jacksonville changed flags se\'eral times, and 
consequently suflferod scA'erely. I^ut Ave may hope that her draAV- 
backs are past, and there only remains for her a bright, groAving 
commercial and agricultural future." 

Indeed, in speaking of Jacksonville as a toAvn, it is hardly fair to 
date her history further back than to the close of the Avar, in 1865, 
as previous to the Avar it Avas only a small country village, Avhile at 
its close, but little of that even was left. But her commanding po- 
sition had been noted by manj', and when peace Avas restored, immi- 
gration commenced to floAV in and' a ncAV era daAvned upon her, and 
Jacksonville of to-day sprang like magic from the ashes of the little 
unpretending village of ante bellum. In 1868, her population had 
reached 4,500; in 4871, it is estimated, suburbs included, at 12,000. 
Property has, of course, kept pace Avith the increase of population ; 
fine buildings of brick have taken the place of the one story wooden 



10 



JAl KSd.Wn.l.K TI:A1>K cnitLLAK 



DEALER IX 



WATCHES, ClOGES & JEWELRT, 



S0IM S;i:l¥€? aiii. 



'e* 



HEADQUAHTEKS FOR ELOHIDA OUHIOSITIES. 

Sole Agent for the Celebrated Bahamian Shell Work. 

Oraug-e Caiifs, Coral, Sc.-i iu-an<, AUi-aioi-'i'in-tli. I'aliiu'tto lfat>, &(■. 



AND DEALER TX 

Groceries, Provisions, Grain, 

HAY, LIQUORS, CIGARS, etc. * 

Sole- Aociifs ill FloriJa, for AVERIIJVS ('irE.^llCAL RAIXT ami 
WIirrE'S RATENT .AIOXEV DRAWEU. 
Agent for Steamers Florence, Darlington, and Hattie, 

Ami Vaiibruut & Urn's i/im' ol" Sailiii<>- Rackets from X^ew York. 
Bay Sti'OoL, .raekHoiiA^ille, Fla. 



A>iD KKAL KSTATE ADVEETISEK. 11' 

shanties of two years ago, and no town, North or 8outli, can jiresent 
a greater appearance of thrift than can Jacksonville, and those who 
appreciate her geographical and commercial position, confidently 
predict a continued and increased prosperity and growth. 

To people coming from the closely settled agricultiiral regions of 
the North, vv'here each town caters to the wants of an agricultnral 
district, which is frequently measui-ed by a circle of ten miles in 
diameter, where this circle of farmers come to find market for their 
products and to procure supplies, the first cpiestion is, "What supports 
your town; you have no agricultural population — no producers 
about Jacksonville." The answer is easy and simple. Lying south- 
v.'ard of Jacksonville is the great St. Johns river, whicli, with its 
h-ibutaries^ is said .to give one thousand miles of navigable Avater. 
Look on the map and you will see that these tributaries floAV down 
to the broad St. Johns from the centre and even beyond the centre 
of the great peninsula, l)ringing on their bosom' the products of at 
least one half of this broad extent of territory down to Jacksonville, 
from wliere tliey find tlieir way to the great markets of the North 
and of the world. What can limit the growth of a town which is 
backed up l)y such an extent of inland navigable "VAaters, which flow 
down from lands as fertile as any, and situated in a climate where 
the most valuable of agricultnral products are possible, at no greater 
outlay of capital or labor than is required for corn in Illinois, i. e. 
sugar cane, which will nett tlie grower from $150 to -^250 per acre, 
of which more anon. Then we liave something better than a gold 
mine in our Pine Lumber. Nine or ten large mills at tliis point are 
constantly at work, which for stock and labor, pay out daily thou- 
sands of dollars, wliicli, like tlie money received for agricultural pro- 
ducts, is nev^ money, "new arterial blood in the veins of trade." On 
the other hand, we liave Railroad connections reaching out to the 
North and Westward. It is a fact worthy of note, that from the 
great city of California, on the Pacific, to the Atlantic seaboard, the 
shortest and most direct route is over the Texas Pacific to Jackson- 
ville. It is confidently expected that within the next 18 months^ 
the Railroad leading westward from this place will have been 
finished to Mobile, thus completing the cliain on our end of this great 
short cut from China, India, and Japan to Europe; over which the 
laws of trade A^'ill compel tlicir products to flow. lint says one — 
How about your harbor? You have only twelve feet of water on 
the bar, at the mouth of the St. Johns river. True, but our bar is 
as iiatixre nuide it ; it is produced by local causes, which at difterent 
stages of tlie tide, divert the current into difterent channels, thii^ 
forming a shoal, where else the vast body of water discharged by 
the St. Johns Avould produce a channel broad and deep enough to 
float the heaviest shipping. This can easily be corrected by art. 
No money has yet been expended by government to improve our 
liarbor. Thousands here judiciously expended, while miUions Kave 



12 JACKSOXVILLE TRADK CIRCULAR 



Brock's Line of Steamers. 




I> AI^LIIVG^TOIV, Capt. Richard II. Stkwakt, 
H[^4.TTIE:, Capt. Charles H. Brock. 

FOR MELLONYILLE AND ENTERPllISE. 

Leave Jaclvsouville Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9 o'clock A. M. 
Leave Palatka Wednesdays and Sundays at 6 A, M. 

RETURNING, 

Leave Enterprise Tuesdays and Fridays at 5 A. M. 
Leave Palatka Wednesdays and Saturdays at 8 A. M. 
These steamers carry the L^. S. Mail and connect at Palatka with 
the Ockla'waha and Dunn's Lake steamers. 

JOHN CLARK, Agent, 

Clark's AVharf, Jacksonville, Fla. 



Daily Line to St. Augustine via Tocoi and Palatka. 
THE NEW AND ELEGANT STEAMER 




m^:^$^6 



F L O R EN CE, 

CAPT. JOE SMITH, 
Will leave Jacksonville every moriiiug, Sundays excepted, froui 
the Railroad wharf, at S o'clock A. M., connecting at Tocoi with the 
trains for St. Augustine and returning in the afternoon. 

Pare to St. Augustine, 13.00; to Palatka, 12.00. ^leals and state- 
rooms, extra, ^1.00 each. 

JOHN CLARK, Agent. 



AND REAL ESTATE ADVERTISER. 13 

been expended elsewhere, ■will make our harbor one of the best if not 
the best on the southern seaboard. 

Then, again, nature has almost opened an extensive ehannel of in- 
land commerce from the mouth of the Mississippi to the mouth of 
the St. Johns river, which engineering skill can easily complete at a 
trifling expense, opening an inland passage through the luauer- 
ous bays and estuaries which extend along the gulf coast, for the 
Mississippi river sttamers, thus giving the long sought channel and 
outlet with cheap transportation for the agricultural products of the 
Mississippi Valley and the great Northwest. 

The Innited space of this pamphlet will not admit of my entering 
fully into details of this great scheme, but I beg to refer my readers 
to the reports of the National Commercial Convention, held at Cin- 
cinnati last year, and to anj^ good map of the Gulf coast. I will 
simply add, that nature has marked the route and nearly opened the 
way, not only along the Gulf, but across the Florida peninsula also, 
and the Northwest, with its storehouses overflowing with tlie pro- 
ducts of industry waiting for transportation to market, demands the 
completion of this great outlet and it is sure to be done ; tlie North- 
west and the Mississippi Valley must and will have it. 

Why not ship from New Orleans as well ? Why seek an inland 
route to the St. Johns and then ship from that port instead of New 
Orleans ? Simply this : Vessels going round the Florida Capes 
find the roughest seas, and are obliged to batten down their hatches 
for safety. In rounding the capes, vessels are obliged to sail for 
days toward and into the tropics, the result is that^rain will heat 
and spoil even in winter. All this, by the inland route, would be 
avoided ; for on the Mississippi, tlie steamer could tow her fleet of 
barges laden with grain through this inland passage, and for ventila- 
tion, all hatches could be left open. The low latitudes would thus 
be avoided, and no trouble would be experienced from the heating 
of grain thus transported, and on other merchandise, returning, the 
item of marine insurance on cargoes would prove a very great sav- 
ing over the route which doubles the dangerous Florida Reefs. 
From Jacksonville, no trouble will be experienced in shipping to 
Northern or European ports direct, as the course of the vessel is at 
once towards the North, where she at once enters and meets with a 
cool climate. 

With such advantages as these, which Jacksonville possesses, her 
future is indeed a bright one, and the wonder at once ceases that her 
growth is so rapid, so vigorous, and so thoroughly sound. 

With these facts fully understood and appreciated, our visitors re- 
turning, after a few months absence, will not feel surprised at find- 
ing whole blocks of business houses holding the places where less 
than a year ago the ashes alone of former structures remained. Nor 
will the building up of rows and streets, of comfortable dwellings 
in the back portions of our city, where "naught but common was" 
a year ago, surprise them, and they will cease to wonder what sup- 



14- JACKS;O.XS'ri,T,K TKADIC (MnrULAK 

READ & SCHOOLEY, 

(LEDWITH'S BLOCK,) 
MANUFACTITRERS OF 

AND WHOLESALE DEALERS IX 

Groceries & Provisions. 

EVERY INDLCEMENT OFFERED TO THE TOADE. 

Produce Sold on Commission and Returns promptly made. 

MOSS. 

AIOODS EXCHANGED FOR MOSS AT THE IlIGHESIi'i 
MARKET RATES, OR PATD FOR TX CASH. 



AX1> KKAL KSTATK Ai>VKi:TlSEK. 15 

ports Jacksonville, when they remember that almost every thing- 
raised from the mouth of the 8t. Johns to its head, and to the head 
waters of each and every one of its hundreds of tributaries, here 
finds its market, and from hero are nearly if not al'l the supplies that 
go to this immense territory, «lrawn. No Southern port has greatei- 
facilities for cheap freights. Vessels coming out for our valuable 
lumber are often glad to take onjjoard a cargo of merchandise at a 
mere iu)minal sum, thus avoiding the trouble and expense of heaving 
in ballast for the down trip, while the price of freight by. either of 
the four lines of sailing vessels running regularly to this i')ort is 
very light indeed compared with railroad rates. For instance, flour 
costs only 25 cents per ba)-rel from New York ; other )nerchandise at 
5 cents per cubic foot. 

With such facilities, our Jacksonville merchants can, without 
trouble, supply the Florida country dealers at prices actually below 
those of their competitors in the older cities of Savannah and Charles- 
ton, saving their patrons the diiference in freight between those cities 
and Jacksonville, The dealers in the interior are beginning to un- 
derstand this thing, and those who two' years ago bought almost ex- 
clusively in Savannah, Charleston or New York city, now rarely ever 
go beyond Jacksonville for their purchase>. 

Our Jacksonville dealers, too, are beginning to understand tlie ad- 
vantages of their position, and within the past year have been pre- 
paring to supply this trade and to inake an eftbrt to secure it. 

We have three lines of steamers between this place and Savannah, 
one between this port and Charleston, and the day is not distant 
when we will have a line direct from New York. We are informed 
by the agent of one of these lines, that they will receive all freight 
from this port giving thrbugh bills of lading to Ncvv' York at^he 
same rates charged from Savnnnali. Tnsni'anci' i-- li^jf -\ per cent. 
higher than to Savannah. 

Four steamers, three of whidi belong to the popular lirock line, 
advertised on another page, ply on the St. Johns to Enterprise and 
Melonville, while Capt. Payne, once the pojndar connnander of the 
Lizzie Baker, is at this time about completing a ncAV steamer to run 
between Jacksonville and the famous Silver Spring, on the famous 
Ocklawaha river direct. [The captain says hebelievesthe Ocklawaha 
river steamboat Alligator story, published in tlie Falatka paper n 
few months since, a grand hoax.] In addition to tliese, we have 
'piite a fleet of smaller crafts, which it is not necessary to mention. 

The Fanny Fern plj's daily back and forth across tlie river, flurl 
)'nmor has it that slie is doing good business in the ferry line, 

Oiu- railroads have already been mentioned, We have direct con- 
nections through to the ill-fated city of Chicago, and can make the 
run in 72 hours. It is, however, a notable fact, and indicative of 
want of foresight and business ability on the part of soxithern rail- 
road management, that people can leave liere, going to Chicago via 
New York city, going twice the distance and reaching that place for 



16 JACKSONVILLE TRADE C'lnCULAR 

ST. JAMES LIVERY STABLE, 

Cor. Hogan and Duval Sts., Near St. James Hotel, 
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA. 

FIE CARRIAGES, BUGGIES, AND SADDLE HORSES 

FURNISED AT SHORT NOTICE. 

B^^ Orders for Hauling Liiniber, ttc.,will receive prompt attention. 

Omnibuses, Carriages, and Baggage Wagons meet all trains and 
steamers. M. L. HARTRIDGE, Proprietor. 



Peter Jones, 
& COMMISSION 

Bay St,, Next Door to Post Office, Jacksonville, Fla. 

DEALER IN 

LIME, LATH, PLASTER, CEMENT, HAIR, NORTH RIVER BRICK, 

HAY, CORN, OATS, BRAN, etc. 

Consignments of Poultry, Eggs, Corn, Rice, Wax, Wool, Hides, 
Sugar, Syrup, and all kinds of country produce solicited and taken 
in exchange. 

Many years residence in this city, and a thorough knowedge of the 
business, gives unusual facilities for making good sales and prompt 
returns. 

Information with reference to the current prices and shipment of 
goods cheerfully given. Advances made on consignments in store. 

Refers to Col. J. S. Sammis, Hon. J. S. Adams, 

H. H. HoEG, Esq., " T. S. Eells. 



ANi> i:ha!. ksi Ai'v: advkktiskt^ 1*7 

#•45,75, wliiie i;X)iM_u' dirc'ct, tlic' fare is ^52. 5U; couseMjut'iitly thousands 
«5>f people living in tlie AW'St, avIio a isit Florida, go and come \\'i 
Nctv York, while if the rate of lave was reduced to soniethiiig like 
425, all this immense travel would be secured with no additional e\- 
gM?nso to the railroads over the short and direct railroads. 

We have scvera^contemi>lated llailroads, of which, perhaps, tlie 
tjSroilt Southern is the most important, running- in almost a direct 
Ime to Millcn, in Georgia, and saving 12 hours to New York. An- 
*>thcr is in contemplation from this place to St. Augustine, and iVoni 
tlunice to the head of Halifax river, on which steamers could ply in 
t'l'^nnectiou with this road, thus opening u\> some three huiuli-ed 
raUes of very desirable country for settlement, and as a feeder to 
JaeksonviUe, Avhich is uoav, tuul from her geograj>hical position must 
^always be, the eatvcpnt and feeder, as well as tlie point for shipment 
<>f ]<""lorida products. 



WHAT CAN A FLOIHDA FAKMKli KAISK. 

Tluit is the great question,, and not being a practical fanner, we 
feel our inability to do the subject justice; but having been a careful 
"■'•observer and inquirer'' for the past three yeai-s, the writer has, front 
f>tliers, gathered quite a fund of information, which, coming from 
those who have learned their lessons in the school of experience, 
mny be considered as semi-authentic at least. 

One tiling is peculiar of Florida. The stranger coming here T'> 
"look over the land" with a view of making his hoim-. among us, Avili 
.ilmosfc invariably meet at his boarding house, some "native to the 
manor born,"' either male or female, who will a pitiful tale unfold, oi" 
t^e wealtli wliich once they had, but now by ruthiess war, are strij)pcd 
•yf all their property, negroes, «fcc., &c., and their lands being un- 
f>ro<luctive, (their servants gone) they are obliged to cater to tin-' 
yrantvS of strangers to gain their daily bread. Here ho will, in a few 
'iay^^s, learn that nothing will gi-ow in Florida ; that it is not healthy; 
36rad that the city ami the State is a bubble which is liable to burst 
■^ any time; and that everybody is leaving, and general ruinatiot* 
■:^vi>(\ poverty are sure to fall to the lot of all. 

Still, if the stranger will take the trouble to observe, he will find 
!(«eFO and there a new place being opened. Here is a man front 
Maine, who has settled back two nules from town on apiece of pine 
FLajid, called worthless by the old residents. The result of his first 
lyear's experiment in the market gardening line is astonishing. From 
lea acres of wild laiul, never before cultivated, he will perhaps tell 
you he sold garden truck enough to pay for his land, and supported 
hJ8 fe,raily. Another, from California, will tell you the same story of 
afficcess; adding, perhaps, that he has been imprudent, and has had 
f»?}.iJ! and fever, or mayhap a more sad and mournful story, one of \\\^ 



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.lAcKsox^ii.i.K ri;.\i)K ('iK( ri.Ai: 



I>K.\T.Ki;s IN 

HARDWARE, IRON AND STEEL, 

ftlechanjcs' Tools, Pocket and Table Cutlery, 

Au-riciih iiral JniiiU'uifiii^. Donr.-,, Saslu"' ;ni'l IJIiiid-. I'liiiits :hh! < >i'.> 

- ' - 7 

Ucltliiu .•int1 K:n-ino-s, St()v*.-s, Till \\':ii\'. 1 I<iu--i' l-'iiniisliin'j,- ( i^oils, »tf. 

All Kinds of Tin iiiHl Slieet Iron W<n*k Done U> 

Order. 

Al-<». Sintc Ativiit for F;(i)'1);iiiks' Sculcs, ;iii<l WiikiieM Ivirl h t'lu-vt>. 

Bay Street, near foot of Laura, Jacksonville, Fla. 



VERY, SALE AND FEED STABLE. 

Hewnan St., near Bay, opposite Metropolitan Hotel, 
'rilK P.F.ST (W 

(■ARi!!A(iES. Bl'I^GlKS & SADDM-: l!(ll{S|» 



Furntshecl at Short Notice. 
fi"^-' Or'7< Ts i\n' },;{\\\\i\'^ b5)!ib«'r, itc, will roc<;-ivc' proin|>t att^'iiticw^. 
i)mBih««<-j« i^nd Baggage Wagons mciA. ali trains and lH)at.s. 

M. L IIAIITRIDGE, Proprietor. 



AN!> fiKA; M.-'i'ATi: A nv>;i;'i'isKi;. ];>'• 

WvAv n;;i"- lias 'ix.'i.Mi tak'.,: ;;i» iiinu but ]r' is a l)ra\c' lua."., am! ]>a.s 
faith in Florida niui the fntnre, nndworks on iiiaufully and is suc- 
cessful. Aiiotiicv. ffoi'u Massaotiusetts, fat and jolly, Avill drive you 
out to his garden, ^vhero all t.lvt? winter he gathers peas, radislies and 
lettuce to ^^u]>ivly tlic table of his hotel. An other, a tall native, 
will show you a half acre of st}-av."lx'rries, wiiere he gathers ripe 
fruit from Chrisnias Tintil Augtist!, and yearly sells a thousand dollars 
worth fi-oju his little ]«tCii. ilove is a young man wlio discovered 
that Irish jiotatoes of tiie iinest (juality can l)e grown and ri])ened 
perfectly aiul ready foi' laarkci \n May. by j)]anting them in the- 
wiiiter, and last, hut not lca.st, let me introduce a stall, stniight,. 
white haired old resident and ])lantcr, wlio has spent all his life log- 
ing and jilanting cotton. Me, too, has made a discovery. While- 
cotton was hing, ho onljr planted corn and sugar enough for liome 
consumption. When his slaves became free, lie found cotton a hardi 
crop to secure, as the colored «iaa liad a propensity for going off to 
camp meeting or to attend to political matters involving the welfare 
of the nation, just at the time v*dicn cotton 7nvst he picked or hr lost, 
so this nice old gentleman inoreascd his cane field and let the cotton 
go down to a small ])atch. lie soon found out that his profits were 
Larger aiid his expenses arid annoyance less. lie made up his mind 
to grow cane in tutnre, and will tell you that it is a sure cro[), and 
will p;iy, on good land, IVo'in- -"^bjO to ^250 })er acre, net. If the 
si ranger goes up tiio St. Johns, he will see here and there new houses 
being erected; these arc almost invariably the homes of new comers.. 
Some get liomesick and wish t.o go away just ;'.s they do from any 
other country, for it is no play to settle up a new country. It tal<e,> 
the greatest amount of determination and phnOv', arid those wlio <.;x-. 
pect an easy time of it, even in Florida, Viill be disapjtointed cer - 
t:v\!i. Bwt this is not talkiiig to the ])oint. Let us glance l)riefly ai 
what can be i-.-iised on Florida soil. The Hrst and foi-iMuost. is t^u . 
"great staple 

whicli can be laised on almost r.U!y kind of land !)y a j'adi<:iuus u.-^i ■ 
of the abundant fertilizer supplied by nature, i. e. muck. The hdxir - 
is about tlu; Bame as the labor of corn growing, the stalk being 
planted I))' laying it in a tf-encli and covering it with earth. An or- 
dsnar)^ yield will givo the agricrdtin-ist the snug sum of ^SI50 tc 
the acre, net, and an extra crop will often increase his profits to $250 
per acre, net. These figures are bascul upon facts obtained from 
actual experimeuts made by cultivators M'ithin the past two years. 
Tl'ink of this, ye w]n> toil at corn raising on the rich praires of li- - 
Unois and other "NorthovTi States, and who think yur labfn- well re- 
paid if your toil return yoit filO i)er acre, net. 

Space prevents my going move fully into detail in, regard to the 
mode of growing cane and Tnaking sugar and syrup. 1 j)ass l)y it 
with relnctarice, i'.yr it if a subject well worUi the whoh' space of thi.s^.: 



20 riAi lv>uN\ II.LK TltA!*!': ClKC'Ui.A); 

: mBAL estat:e and insu.rahc.e broker. 

.Jac*ksou\i! k'. Fia. 

Hciil Estate lioiiglit ami Sold. J.arge List oi' I'l-cpfrty for Sale. 
State I>aiuls Piirchnsed, Homesteads Located, Entered, A:e. Call anci 
'sejcamine maj)s. Loans Negotiated on first-class real estate security. 



A. J. Ru.sse: 
.ARC^HITECT & BUILDER, 

.TAC^KSOivrVlLLL:, FLOKIDA. 

■<3KO. A. I'KCK. -I-V'.'. s. !)int;c,s. 

C3-EO. -A., ipeck: & 00., 

V.ilOLKSAI.K AM) KKTAiL DKAI.Kr.S i.V 

mmm. iiii.w. mmm, wood ai\d willow ware. 

I^amps, Cliandeliers, Hall Laznps, 

HiiACKETS, AND KEROSENE laXTUKES. 
So... 3 Parklmrst's Block, Ocean Street, Jacksonville, Florida. 



^uRTOiyr^ 



DKAI.ICK IK 



Goods, Hats, Caps, &c., 

Hoeg's Block, Bay St., Jacksonville, Fla. 



AXf) IIKA!. KS'l'AlK A ! )'.' JCiri'lSKi;. 'SI' 

j,.:iin[)Iilet. TIium' dcisirijit;' inoi-c [mi'ticulnrs, will \>v furw nnlccl t!ie 
^r.;ntnnl nm] C'<)](ii)i>'.t, on vc«-ci})t (if stninjis for [xistag'c.. 

' OT'l'OX, 

before tite wa}\ was t'le great .^taide. Ju FloridiV c.-vn be i^'rov. ii tisc- 
famous long staple cotton as well as tlie ordinary variety. This ciXf^ 
requires "all tlie year round," llie pickint>- seasonofteu I aping oyer 
into the ])lanting time. It is subject to more vicissitudes and hass- 
more enemies than any other crop in tlie country, n<^)t cvcn^ excc}?t~ 
ing wlie;it at r1ie Xor'th.. '">-i "lie wlmlc, it is not profii;d»l<v. . 



a,re a })roiital)li' i^r'^p. i''or,r huiidr(.-d l>ushel> i> nu urdiiiitiry yield. 
and they I'oadily bri)ig fixnu iifty cents to one d<»ll;u- ]>er !)r.SiM?L 
They ai'c easily rni-^f^l mtd :ir'' a snri' croj). 

li;l-.H I'liTATOlCS 

are also .-i succ>_^>. ['iaisted iii winter, they ^^row tinely .md. ! » i}9i-«!«, 
uerfectlv from ]Marc]i to -lulv, and of course v.ill hrino- a v:orRvhis:&-. 
jai'ice ni rnarkol at vurn a t\)nv. 



\n the winter, grow fl:;^e]y. ^\r. 11. W. llitchings, last winter, raiseii 
400 head on his ])lace, near Volusia, of wliich the smrdlest weigted. 
10 pounds ar^d the largest 05 pounds stripped. Mr. 11. is frrmi Fot,;? — 
dam, X. A'., originally, an<l is a thurough, practieah energetic man,. 

Tomatoes, Turnips, Radishes, Peas, Lima Beans, ('ucuiid)crs, mel- 
ons, tfcc, grow everywhere, and no p'ace can excel ^^'lorida h:\ thv- 
luxuriance of tiieir growth. 

Oranges are tlu' great staple iVnit, and can be nii;s<.d with the «ii%.imL- 
rittcntion and care that settlers in the West bestow upon their mr~ 
e^hards. Every farmer in Florida should make it a point to set f'M 
a^nd take care often .icres (1,000 trees) of oranges. This can bn^ 
done at times which will n«)t: interfere with the ciiltivatioii of Ms 
sugar cane and oiher crops. !)o this, and in ten or twelve yeasr&.. 
your grove will bi> an independent fortune to you. We are rnoRS. 
imjdicit beiie\ers in Oi\*mgf> culture from tlie nortlicrn line of Floii- • 
da to the Everglades, on luiunnock and pine lands, on the coast sudt 
in the interior, and we believe tijat tlie speculations of the mof*t .sajv- 
jjfuine '"orange men" will some day be surpavssed by actual facts,. ytS 
we look upoTj the operations of some people, who, (K)ming to Floir?- 
da and hiring a lot of wild trees ])]anted out, go back North expect- 
ing to return in three or four years and find a bearing grove, yitiicl- 
ing thousands of d<:)llars wOrth of fruit anniudly, little less idiotic 
a;U«l insane than the calculH^.';^:!^ to be met with in a lunatic asyluas*.. . 
Orange trees, like any ot,];or, jnest have attention in order to flouri.«i?a. . 



^oii and Buiicier^ 

Office Oomer of Newnaii and Forsyth Streets, 
rrack.-^oit"\ille, ITla. 



J. i-i. :v <> 1^ '1' <>>*'. 



CoBa.'aaissi02ieF of Deeds for all tke States, 

•' i»Wi]l attt'iKl pruin])tly to drawiini' luicl tukiug ackuowk'dii'iiu'iils nl 
Real Estate Tl■anst■el•^5, Searcliiiii;- of Titles, S:c., tte. 

^m^^ Office over Tost Office, Koom 4, UvQun'^ l>l(.ck. 

Jacksonville, Fla. 



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i>. VAVl^:, 



mnmim k .m)\ isii)}^^, 

Bay Street, Jacksonville, Florida. 

)KNEY XT i.AW 



n'TS 



United States Disliict Altoiney fJorfhern District of Florida. 

Office EeQua's Block, Jacksonville, Fla. 



AM) IMCAl. KSTATi; Al>VKirilS1';i;. 



No cuuiitry r;i;i cxcvl. and I'iav. iudcd, can e-oiupL'tA' w ith Florida, 
in Feacli culture. The trees produce fruit two years from the seed, 
of quality fidly equal to any produced in Xew Jersey or ."Micjiio-p.i;. 
A higher cornpliment eaunot be paid to our Peaclie'-, Tluy ^rn\', 
. 'Vevvwhi-rc-. l>ut lie>t (Hi the clav snl)-soil iiinv lands. 



are a great and perfect suece>>. The eaoieest varieties, svu-h us lilack 
llarnljurg, Gohlen Cliaseles, &c., grow luxuriantly out of doors, while 
the ordinary AmeTicau varieties are much improve<l l»y our climate 
both in SL/.e of fruit and perfection of tlie Itunches. Our graj>es vrill 
ripen in reason to go into Northern markets from tlu'ee to six weeks 
< arlier thai! I'ne California crop. Within the past three years mots 
.istonishing rcsidts in grape culture have been reached. 

Strawberries, Blackberries, Whortleberries are very ^ucees>ruliy 
produced, the two latter growing wild in the greatest profusii>n. 

It is ft subject of regret that waiit of -space prevents our speaking 
more at length in regard to our products. .We can only say to those 
desiring infovinatio;i, we will ••'set up nights'"' to answer lettei's, 
n-.vl U> imxW sucli matter .a< Avill ans^'er the inipiii'ies of all parties? 
desiring infonnaticn, whn will w rite us. cnchxing staiiips {.>i- return 
j. outage. 



ClJ.MATi: IN SCM.MKi;. 

Nothiuu' is so hard as to make Northern minds compi'eheud tiii^ 
fact, tliatVliile Florida lies on the very border of the tropics, the 
summer heat is not so great as in ]\{aine, Minesota, Michigan, or 
Canada. Mercury does not get as higli hei-e ct <f/uj time as it does 
there m,ue times. Of course, our warm weather is of much greater 
duration, but 85 degrees is an average of our liottest weather, ami 95 
is an extreme figure. Wliile our friends in tlu extreme northern 
latitudes arc often called njton to endjire KH) to 110 degrees, an<l 
sometimes even more, and this, too, in an atmosphere like that of an 
oven, hot, .sultiw, an<l jiarching, without a jtarticle of breeze to amelio- 
rate one's sufferings, (the writer was raised there and knows how it 
i- himself.) while here in Florida, the fresh breeze is always blowing 
and sultrv days are almost unknown. This, of course, is o\ving to our 
peninsular po'sitit>n and tiie influences of the ocean and gulf, Avhich. 
on the other hand, also protects us from frost which visit our neigli- 
b«r,s in Cooruia. Alabama, and Louisiana in wintei'. 



•2i .r.«< Ks<».N\ n.i.K ri:Ai)K i ii!< tj.ak 

J. H. CROWE LL, 

("oiTiinisslon .Ufivliiiut :niil Wholcsnk' J)(.';tk'i- in 



HIDES AND LEATHER. 

Bay Street, between Ocean and Pine, Jacksonville, Florida. 

HZTjnLH,, croisrES & co.. 

Commission Merchants, 

TAPLE m FANCY dROCERKS, 

Wint'H, Iji(j^u<~)i's aiul ( 'i.ii'ai's. 

Bay Street, foot of Pine, Jacksonville, Florida. 

\V. II. Hon, W. H. Dk.xnv, 

!;r!rkl;<\M'r :iii(l Plasterer. (';ii-pentor :)i}»1 Join<-r.. 

i3:o"^T cfe iDiHinsriNrir, 

("< ». "nt.VOTOIlH unci 151 ■ II-.1 > 1 : 1 ^ >i. 

Parlic'diai^ Attention PaM to MM and Fiiiisliini. 

STKAMP.O.VT AND SHIP WOIIK i^JtOMrLY ATTENDED TO.. 

Pcrsoiinl MtU'ntion iiivon to Work in any part of' the St.jitc. 

Sliep Tonifr oi" Odar .ind Bay SIrffts, .fa€ksoiivjll(>, Florida* 

IDK.. HE. K.OBinsrsoi^T', 

WlioKsil." :Mi<l U.ct:ul 

MB ■* im. ^^^m'^9 



Cor. of Ocean and Forsyth Sts., Jacksonville, Fla. 

VN'lioUsale or<loi's at Savannah ))ri('t's. 

J-^'" (Jonn)«>uiuHnii' Pr<'scrif>tioiis a M|)(>cially.. 



ANI> JJKAl. KSTATE ADV KUTTSKII. -^5 

I i K A LTIl F I 'LN ESS OF FLOl^lD A. 

Ill regard to liealtli, Florida stands tlie foreniost State oi" tlie I'liioii. 
For nioi'o tliau Ijalf a century St, Augustine has l)een a coniiuou aiitl 
well-known resort for iiiA'alkls from every section of tlieUnioii, and tlie 
salubrity of tJiat particidar locality has been very <2;enerally conceded 
as an indisputalile fact; and yet many sections in East, Middle and 
Western Florichi, are not at all inferior in this })artic\dar. The vicin- 
ity of Enterprise, on Lake Monroe; that of <Tainesville and Ocala, in 
the interior; of Quiiicy, in the northern part of Middle, and of IVn- 
■?acola, in West Flori(hi, for various different comjilaints, are fully 
equal if not superior to St. Augustine inhealthfulness, '/v/ J'/rJ.-fio,/- 
fuJ/e M nof infenor to at>y in t/u.-^ re-'^pet-f. 

There has been an idea unaccountably pix'valent in s*nnv poiiion- 
of the country that Florida is an unhealthy State. a.nd yet the C(;in- 
uion rrj)ort Cif thoiisands of in\"alids, who have ])een benelittcd b\ 
the iiiduence of the climate; the otticial reports of the military au- 
thorities, and the statistics of the U. S. Census, liave conchisirely 
demonstrated the general healthfidness of the State. 

The fact? ap})ear strikingly from the figures of the census in refer- 
cMce to the deaths from pulmonary comi)laints i)i the different States, 
and the result>s strike one more forcibly Avlien it is considered that 
this State for many years had been a very common place of resoit 
for invalids affliet<'<l with all varieties of puhnoiiary diseases frojn 
Either Sfafe.>\ 

From the census of I.SOU, it is found that the deaths from cuii- 
sumption in the various States of the l^nion during the year ending 
May ;M, I860, were as follows: In Massachusetts, 1 in2of ; iiwMaim-. 
I in 280; in Vermont, 1 in 404; in New York, ] in 473; in I'ennsyl- 
vania, I in 380; in 0)ii<t, 1 in 670; in California, 1 in 727; in Vir- 
ginia, 1 in '):»7; in Indiana, ] in 702; in Illinois, 1 iji 878; In I'Morida, 
I in 1,447. Here is pnsiti\(' (•\ id<'nce of intinitelv more \alMo t.h;iii 
all theories. 

And in the otficial re[)i)rt of Snigeon-ticneral i.awvon apjx-ars the 
following: "Indeed, the statistics in this IJureau demonstrate the 
fact that the diseases which result from malaria '//v of a tMfch inikhr 
type ri) the peuhtsuhi <\f Fhrrida than hi any otJief iState in the Union. 
These records show that the ratio of <leaths to the number of cases 
of remittent fever has been much less than among the troops serving 
in any other portion of tbe United States. In the middle division of 
the IJnited States the? proportion is one death to thirty-six cases of 
remittent fevers ; in the Northern division, one to fifty-tv.o ; in thv 
Southern division, one t4) fifty-lour; in Texas, out; to seventy-eight : 
in, California, one to one hundred and twenty-two ; in New Mexico, on*' 
to one hundred and forty-eight ; while in Florida it is but one, to tir^i 
hunxlred and (■'f/hti/seren.'''' And the S\irgeo)i-<lcneraI goes on to say : 

"The general healthfulness of many ])arts of Florida, ])articidarU 
i»w its (;o;vst, is ]>roAerbial. The average afuiual inert ality of the 



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LOUIS 1. KI.KMINd. .lAMi:,- .1. DAMKl.. 

FLEMING & DANIEL, 

ATTORNEYS and COUHSELLOES at LAW, 

ioriifj" or Bay anil Oreaii Sis., Jacksonviiri". Fla. 

.n = STK'K OF TlIK VncL XOTAIIV priiLic 

A N ! > 

iOinJiSSiOM^Jl OF DEEDS FOE THE IMFFEtiEM MATES. 
Office with I'Mc'iiiiiiLi' ».^' Daniel, 

tor. of llav and Occaii Sts.. JacksoiivilSc. Fla, 



nORTOH^ 



ij^" Olticc (>\Ti- P<»-t Oitire, Koom i. Uvt^icTN IMock, 
.T;u 'ksoiiAillc. l"ki. 

« )i'(lt.-i'>- i'or all kinds of mcrchainli/.r, at'conipanii'il liy iimiu-y. w 
be promj»t.iy filled and Ibrwarded at Utwcst uliolcsale |)i-ic( -. 
Also. vVii'ciit loi' 1 rerrinii-s'' Safe. 



WHEATON a. ANNO, 

Attorneys at Law, 

Office (joi\ of Bay and Newnan Sts., {facksonville, Fla. 



AM) i;i;>.i. ics'iAii: ai)\ ki;'iim.;i;. 27 

wtio'iL' |icuiii.-ii!a. I'niiii i\li!riis in tliis dtHcf, is found tu Ik- l' (l-lKii per 
^'cnt., wliile in tlic <jther ])(»rtioiis oi' the United St;itcs, (previous to 
the war with Mexico) it is ;3 :M00 per eeiit. Lt sIuH-t it may he a.t- 
■■iuied vydhovt fear of refutation^ that FlorlOa possf'-ast^i a rnw/i mart 
<j;/rt<?abl'i and saluhrloit,!^ <dlmoM tJian aui/ otiur IState or TerrUorij 
ill tlii^ Uiilo/i.'''' Such is the deduction drawn from statistical and of- 
ficial reports,as vrell as from personal oxjiericnce of the hi2:hi.:st official 
in<dlc(d ai(thorif)/ of the United States. ; 

When lands are swampy, oi" along rivers where the hanks are K)\\, 
«»r have been recently cleared from a- heavy growth of vegetation. 
tliere will be a liability to the same, kinds of fever with which other 
sections of the country similarly situated are afflicted. '■"- - " 

Chills and fever is to be met with, and is not uncommon, but this 
is imt'the case to any greater c^'teid than i,n any new country, and is 
of a nmch more mild and less dangerous type thsn in the Xorthwest. 
With eomnKui and pro)>er care, the liealtli of immigrants to Florida 
i- a- safe as in anv otlier sectiov. of tlie couufi-v. 



CUKAP L.\X1)>. 

"Another biiong itidacement to immigration into thisr'rtate is found 
in the com]»arative clioapntss of a large portion of the lands v.ithin 
her borders. Tliere are within the iState some fifteen miliious of 
a'-res of U. S. lands, all subject to homestead entry in (piantities not 
<:'xceeding 100 acres. There arc also some ten niilliojis of acres of 
State lands ior sale at from $1.25 to si2.50 per acre, while along the 
line of our railroads gi"eat inducements ])elng offered to settlers, and 
valuable lands can be had at wonderfully h^w rates; often as l«iw as 
5^ cts. when large bodie!> are taken foi" colonies. 

And while it is true that the lands along the St. Johns, and in the 
vicinity of the larger cities and towns are rapi<lly becosning i|uite 
valualde, still there are hundreds of thousands of acres that may be 
bought foi- fn-m %•! to •1<5 per aere. These arc unimproved lands ; but 
improved plantations in many parts of the State can b^ bouglit for no 
Miore than the clenrinc;' would cost tiow. 



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AND lacAi, i;srArK MtVKirrrsKi;. 29 

LIST OF KEAL ESTATE 

Foil SALK r.v 

.). il. ^■(I1!T0^. liEAL KSTATH iUioKKI!. 

OHici' oxrr Tost Office, JJooiii 4 lJc()u;r< Block. 

Jacksonville, Florida. 



N(>. 1. liny Lotr- ;il low tiii'iu'cs ;iii(l on c;is\ tci-iiis in llic liij^li :iii<] 
Iioalthful t-uljurb of SpriugHeld. 

No. 2. House and Lot at Gveeu C'o\ e Sj)rii)g> ; house oue story. 
four rooms, 12 feet ceilings, not lathed and plastered ; large AviudoAvs 
with blinds ; fronts south and. east ; was built in 1870 for a summer 
resort; lot 07 x 105 feet; good neighboi'hood. Price, ^151,000. 

Xe. r!. Springfield lots will advance 100 per cent in one year. 

Xo. 4. Lot 2. block 7t, with tAvo small honses and outbuilding^ : 
u:ood well, etc. -SI, 250 casli. 

No. :"). niock i:]7, ~] 

T30, [ Jacksonville, l^lorida — ^bW for corners. >s4rin 
I to, [ fo!- middle lots. 

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No. 0, Block 111, Jackson\ille, Fla ; choice location ; lot 1, -iiJOO ; 

lot 2, l|;450 ; lot 3, with fence, ij^GoO ; lot 4, $450 ; lot 5, ii^400 ; lot 6, 

with house and fence, ^1,000; whole block, ^3,000. 

No, 7. Have a honic — buy a lot in Springiield while they are cheap ; 
build on it, save rent, and get the rise aspro]ie]'ly inci'eases in value; 
thus become ricii. 

No. 8, No suburb of Jacksonville is so centrally located as Spring- 
field ; the most remote lot is not over one and a half miles from tlu- 
centre of business in Jacksonville. 

No. 0. Dwelling on leased ground on lot 3, block 12, LaVilla 
lease to run nine years; new house, 4 rooms, kitchen, good well, anil 
good fence. Price, |;350. 

No. 10. 1,050 acres farming land, two miles east of Volusia, on the 
main road, known as "Masters' Tract ;■' some cleared land ; 2 house* 
and a store on the place. Price, |1,500; $500 cash, balance on easj 
terms. 

No. 11. 51 acres at Hibernia, Clay county, Fla., 35 aci'cs cleared; 
•700 feet river front on the St. Johns ; fine vineyard started and i« 
bearing ; house, one story cottage, not lathed and plastered, 22 x 3(> 
feet, adjoinnig Hibernia steamboat landing wharf. Price, $3,500 ; 
1^2,000 down, balance on time. 



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No. I ■_'. lioiiM.', ;i rooijis, cL-ilcJ, ]>i:iz/a in iVonl .•iiitl aii iiecchsary 
o!it1)U!l(liTici-s ; east half lot 1, block — , Jat'ksoiiviik'. Priir, •"^1,200. 

Xo. lo. oO acres on east side of St. Jolnis river, ~> miles Ih'Iov,- Jack*' 
soiivillc; 18 acres niKler cultivation, lio acres under fence; liii-- 
spriug-s; two suiall cabins t^ri the place; Oi chains ri\ir fi<M!t ; hind 
slopes handsomely to the river bank. Price, ^600. ■ 

No. 14. Shi[) Yard Sugar Plantation, IV-^ acres of eh-iice harminivk 
l.nul, one-third of which is Cabbage Palmetto lIaniru<M;k, (the richest 
class oi' land in the State,) 80 acres cleared and under cultivation ; 
wliole place is well ienced; 20 .acres of sugar cane, 800 sweet orange 
trees, iour years old ; 500 peach trees in bearing ; a large nunil)er oi 
Black Hamburg and Golden Chass(^!es Grape vines in full bearing, 
and tlie best varieties of American grapes ; also, lemons and sour 
(>ranges, figs, apricots, nectarines, and plunis in full bearing ; goc-il 
new wliarf, at which ocean steamers land. The liouse is an ordinary 
plantation house, 4 rooms and all necessary outbuildings, 12 Tnile- 
from Jaek>onville, 5 miles from the ocean ; the best plantation v.vA 
choicest location on the lower St. Johns. Price, |«1.5,000 ; *!'i.ooir 
down, balance in one, tAvo, and three year<, interest 3 ]»er cent. 

No. J 5. Oakland Property. Lots 18, 19, 20, and 21, block 2, .(l 
*375 per acre; Lots in blocks 32, ;U, 39, and 41. :it ^oO per lot: 
blocks 12, 18, 22, and 28, *600 per block; tracts 12, 17. 10, and 2H, 
.) acres each, >«j00 ])er tract. Terms of sale, liall' r-\<h : bnl.-.nce r.y\ 
long time, interest 10 per cent. 

No. h). KU'u'.Miit lot< ill "Sjiringlii'ld'" ffmii ■■<'^'< t.i >-:';i'0 , .-i,'!,. ,., 
easiest trrnis. 

No. 17. 3,490.33 acres of line Timber .-mil Agi'icuhural J.aii.l l;i 
Clay county, on Black Creek. Pric:\ \0c. \n-y acr.': l^alf cash, b:;'- 
auce in three an<l nine month'-. 

Also, 21,853.0(3 acres near Aiiddleiiur;;, in C1m\ i-^^>')\\\. u-\- ;.. 

]K^V iU-lV. 

No. 18. Cin.)icest places on the Sliell l»i>;>'l. \\ ilh uood i-ivcr /r..n;-. 
for sale at reasonable rates. See plat. 

Also, 10 acres, 3 miles from Jacksonville, ou the Shell lioad. witii 
tine river front, with large new frame house, kitchen, stable and car- 
j'i»ge house, known as the "Murdoch I'lacc." Price, $2,500. 

No. 19. 34 acres unimproved Land, three )niK?s from Jacksouvii!;-, 
iji a, good iicighborliood of northern settlers; well timbered ; cisily 
cleared ; clay fouTidation ; good land. Price, w]i',]'> tract, *11 ])e'- 
acre. Will divide; to suit, at ^12 per acre. 

No. 20. 200 acres on St. Johns river and Shell Koad, three mile* 
from Jacksonville; lias over a mile of good river front and exceilenv 
vicAV, new frame two story liouse, 9 rooms complete ; 40 acres clear- 
ed ; 1,000 orange trees, 300 peach trees, 50 choice grape vines, &c.- 
one of the most desirable country placets ou the St. Joluis; every- 



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lliinir in line (•(imlitinn i'ov dc-^'iipation. Price, ^^f^iOOO, Inr't' cMsh. IiijI- 
•AVii-v in one ;inil two yL'ai'.--. intercut lo jut cent. 

Xo. 21. iOi) iicivs (,i!i St. Jolnis ri\er, one niilo south *>!' 3I:iii<l;irJjj. 
^ ucros under cultivation; small tVanie house, three rooms and kitcli- 
en. Price, #1,300; one-third cash, halane,' in 1 and 2 years, witli ii;- 
lercst at 10 per cent. 

••S])!'in'j,i"ield J<ots are sold (Ui ea-^s' terni^ to acliial setihn•^."" 

No, •_':!. oij acres on Panama lioad, adjoinin;^- Springfield on tlie 
uorth ; 1- acres cleared and fenc'd; -J 00 peach trees, 100 oran^-e 
trees and other iruit started. Price of Asdioh' h)t, ^M) per acre. 
Will sell ten acres and improvements for i^],ii)n ; Italf cash, halanct- 
on longtime with interest at 10 per cent. 

No. 2?>. 300 acres of good farming land ;it nine juiie post on the 
Middleburg Poad ; good log house, kitchen, stable, barn and smoke 
liousc, good -well of freestone water, and sevei-al line iron and sui- 
phur springs: I o acres land cleared and fenced ; 150 j)eac]i trees in 
hearing; 'JO young quince trees; location perfectly IteaUhy. 

There is a tine mill site on the place with supply of Avater a!i iJi. 
year, with small outlay for dam. Price, !**>], 200 cash. 

No. 24. House and lot, consisting of ab<nit one hali' aci-e of lau<l 
in the nortliern ]iart o1' Jaeksonvilh-: <_i,ood well. P)-i<-e, !s>r).")0 ; -.,-,• 
diagram. 

I've sui'e you st'C tlie inaj) at Noi-ion'.>, and then \ isif Sprin^lield if 
yi>u Mant a good i)aying in\ eslment. 

No, 25. J, 000 acres of good farming land on the south ))auk of 
lUack Creek, two miles east of Middleburg, Clay county, known as 
the "Old Thomas Place;'' lifis 1)een cultivated since the yy.w. I*r!C'-. 
*52,000. 

No. 26. 46 acres excellent palmetto and live o.ak hammock lands, 
lialf a mile from Yellow Blufflanding and P. O., and ten miles east 
i»f Jacksonville, one-fourth of a mile line river front, with steamship 
channel close in shore, so that steamboat wharves can be built at 
flight expense ; magnificent Avater vicAV to west, north and south for 
.five miles, Avhich giA'cs perfect ])rotection to fruit and vegetables from 
«old winter Aviuds and also assuring cool breezes in sunmier ; 15 acres 
«»leared and fenced, Avith plenty of muck on rear of tract for fertili- 
zer; tAvo houses, not lathed and plastered, surrounded by a beautiful 
grove of live oaks and cabbage palmettos; good Avell of Avater; no 
more promising location for fruit culture can be found on the lower 
Ht. Johns, and the location is beautiful. Price, $1,500. 

No, 27. 70 acre* of unimproved land on the south bank of Juling- 
tou Creek ; deep Avater and bold shore, skilled witii hammock for 
kalf a mile along creek, with good quality of pine land in the rear, 
Jtilington is navigable for miles beyond this point, which Isonlytwcj 



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iiiik'S iVuiu St. Johns I'lvor; this iieiiihl^orhood is r:i|ii'lly lilliii^j,- uji): 
lioocl spot for fruit or veootabk's. Price, |50(i. 

No. 28. East half of lot 1, Llock 2, 52-J- feet front on iJay street, 
near the centre of Imsiness, runnin;>; back ^4-\ feet ; a good i»nrij;ain. 
l*rice, *3,000. 

No. 29. Philips" Point — the iinest ri\ cr iVont near Jacksonville ; 
laid oif in ten acre lots, the front on the river and the rear on an 
avenue ; great inducements offered to parties desiring: an ele/^ant site 
tor country residences. Call at office and sec plat. 

No. 80. oV.GT acres wild laml, one mile from Jai-ksonville. ixoofl 
place for a sugar farm or truck garden. Price, ^1,200. 

No. ;ll. ^\ large new two story house, with 14 rooms, eurner of 
Beaver and Ocean streets, Jacksonville, Fla. Price, 12,70(1. 

No. 32. New house, 1 story, G rooms, Avell finished ; lot 52^t \)\ 
105 feet; good neighborhood, on Ashley street, between Ocean and 
Newnan streets, Jacksonville. Price, I? 1,200. 

No. 03. Small new house and lot, 524^ bj' 100 feet on Laura street, 
two blocks north of St. James Hotel ; Avails hard finish ; u-ood well, 
t.tc. Price, ^1,150. 

Nc». 34. New house iuid lot, 52^ by 105 feet, coi-ner of Beaver and 
Hogan streets ; liousc is one story, tin roof, four rooms with large 
ulosets; walls high and airy; kitchen and servants' rooms detached ; 
good well and handsome fiower garden. Price, 12,500. 

No. 35. Small new house, with four rooms ; kitchen and servants' 
i-ooms detached; lot 52tj- l)y 105 feet, on .^sldey street; good neigli- 
borhood. Price, |l,4o6. 

No. 36. New liousc and lot, 105 by 105 feet, corner of Adams and 
Catharine streets ; house 26 by 28, store below and dAvelling above ; 
kitchen and dining room in wing 13 by 20 feet. Price, |2,900, or 
TOUth half of lot and building for $2,500. 

No. 37. An elegant river front, bluff 20 feet high ; Asater lots No. 
14 and 15, south side of Bay street, foot of Washington street; cen- 
trally located, being only three blocks from the P. O., Avitli dwelling 
and work shop. Price, $8,000. 

No. 38. Ocean House, corner of Ocean and Adams streets, in 
thorough repair ; fine location for business. Price, $8,000, one-third 
cash ; balance on easy terms. 

No, 39. The fine new Kilbonrn Mansion, with 52 acres of excel- 
lent land, elegant river front, with extended Avater view; ncAV Avharf 
and thriving young orange grove, at Ilibernia, Clay county, Fla.; 
excellent neighborhood. I'rice, $10,000; terms easy. 

No, 40. The old Taylor House or International Hotel site, corner 
of Bay and ^Market streets; lot 139 feet front on Bay st., and 105 on 
Market St.; finest location in Jacksonville for a first class hotel. For 
price and terms, apply to J, H. Norton, Poom 4, KeQua's Block 
ovpr the I'ost Office. 



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